Vega 10 Based AMD Radeon RX 490 Release Confirmed For CES 2017

The AMD Radeon RX 490 is just a few weeks away. The giant GPU and CPU maker has officially teased their upcoming Vega GPU architecture announcement using a cryptic image on Twitter. Hence, it won?t be long before AMD fights back in the high-end grade market once again.

AMD Radeon RX 490 Teaser: A Vega 10 Based GPU

The teaser was posted on the official Twitter page of AMD. Apparently, AMD appears to be using a simple tweet of ?New Year. New Architecture? to hype their fans a little early this year. Obviously, AMD is teasing their next-gen Vega GPU architecture which is still a mystery at the present time.

The teaser shows a person heading towards a bright red light. AMD has yet to confirm its meaning as it could be a part of a trailer for the Vega architecture. However, it?s crystal clear that this official teaser indicates that the Vega GPUs are arriving early next year.

AMD has been keeping everything under wraps for a while now. However, with the CES 2017 drawing near, it could mean that the AMD Vega release date is sometime in January. There are multiple reports on the Internet that indicate the presence of AMD Vega GPUs during the CES next year.

In addition to AMD Vega 10, rumors suggest that the same company is also unveiling the Zen CPU lineup during the said event. Furthermore, this teaser could only mean that the Vega GPU architecture is very close. People should expect it to arrive in January or early February.

AMD Vega Specs

As for the specifications, we have already seen two types of Vega GPU showcased by AMD. First one is codenamed Instinct MI25 Accelerator, which became the center of attraction at Tech Summit 2016. The AMD Vega 10 GPU is said to have a peak computer performance of 12.5 TFLOPs when it comes to single precision mode.

AMD Vega Vs Pascal

At the end of the day, it all boils down to AMD vs NVIDIA. Apparently, NVIDIA has confirmed that they will be revealing a lot of stuff during the CES 2017 as well. One of which is the widely speculated NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti.

At the present time, we already know that to expect on the said NVIDIA graphics card. It would be faster than the already established GTX 1080 and slightly slower and much cheaper than the Pascal Titan X. Recent leaks have revealed that the rumored AMD RX 490 is able to take on NVIDIA?s GTX 1080.

In addition, other leaked benchmarks show the AMD RX 490 completely beating NVIDIA?s GTX 1070. Furthermore, AMD might have the edge when it comes to technology prowess with HBM2 and Vega together. With NVIDIA still rocking their nearly year-old GPU architecture, will they be able to take on AMD?s new weapons?

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